Xavier Lucas’s transfer to Miami without using the portal highlights flaws in the NCAA’s system for managing college athlete transfers.

The NCAA requires schools to adhere to a player’s transfer request, but Lucas' name never appeared in the portal.

News of his move came on Friday. Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger was the first to report that Lucas was leaving for Miami without officially entering the transfer portal. Wisconsin had held the standout freshman cornerback out of the portal after he “signed a two-year revenue-share agreement” in early December, per Dellenger.